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  • hkivan
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2006
    • 122
    #1

    sound card recap

    Hi guys,

    I brought a Terratec Sixpack 5.1+ a few months ago.
    It has many Canicon , 470uF 16v x2, 10uF 25v x44.
    I learnt of Canicon is on the bad list and I gonna recap it, not
    for stability issue. I wanna have better sound quality.


    Apart from ELNA, can you guys give me any suggestions?

    -- ? Replace all those 10uF with WIMA mkp ?

    Can someone post a list good caps for sound & audio ?
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    • kc8adu
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 8832
      • U.S.A!
      #2
      Re: sound card recap

      i use a bunch of panasonic fc to recap vintage gear.
      audiophools will likely try to peddle blackgates or other snake oil.

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        • hkivan
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2006
          • 122
          #3
          Re: sound card recap

          Thanks Kc8adu,
          Could you give more info on Blackgates & snake oil ....
          their web links... etc
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            • Shroomie
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Apr 2006
              • 356
              #4
              Re: sound card recap

              Yeah, get those Canicons off of there ASAP. My experience has shown them to be about the worst you can get - I've seen those fail in a PSU, and be outlived by Fuhjyyus. Don't know much about sound cards, but that sounds like a nice card so it'd be worth the recap.

              kc8adu, Blackgates? Never heard of them. Let me guess, no better than Pannys and twice the cost?
              You know there's something wrong when you open up a PSU and are glad to find Teapos.
              Why I don't buy cheap cases!

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                • kc8adu
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 8832
                  • U.S.A!
                  #5
                  Re: sound card recap

                  Originally posted by hkivan
                  Thanks Kc8adu,
                  Could you give more info on Blackgates & snake oil ....
                  their web links... etc
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil

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                    • Rainbow
                      Badcaps Legend
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 1372
                      #6
                      Re: sound card recap

                      Haven't seen a bad cap on a sound card yet.

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